Featured Job: Identity and Authorization Services Manager (Manager, Computer Services)
The Information Technology Services (ITS) department at The University of Texas at Austin is currently advertising for a Manager for Identity and Authorization Services. If you fit this job description, see the full job posting and apply on the HRS site.
About the Position
Lead a great team of software professionals at one of the premier research universities in the country. The University of Texas at Austin is looking for an experienced leader with an expertise in identity management to direct the Identity and Access Management Team (IAM) within ITS.
In this position you will partner with other software professionals and campus business leaders to continue to grow and improve the University’s identity management, authentication, and authorization systems. As leader of the IAM team you will oversee one of the largest OpenLDAP installations in the world and mentor a team of dedicated technical professionals.
The immense scale of university operations will offer opportunities to broaden your communication skill set and stimulate your knowledge of running a world-class identity management system.
Areas for which this position is responsible
- Collaborating with technologists, developers, and business specialists.
- Researching and testing technologies.
- Documenting results and communicating those results to the university.
People previously successful in this position have had
- A proven track record of leadership in identity management or directory services.
- A customer focused outlook.
- The ability to balance competing needs from varied stakeholders.
- The ability to listen and facilitate communications.
- Enjoyment working in a heterogeneous computing environment.
About the Identity and Access Management Team
The Identity and Access Management team is one of the five teams within ITS Applications. We provide identity management, authentication, authorization, and directory services that support the entire university community and six other University of Texas institutions. Our products are the entry point to many services on campus and therefore we collaborate on a regular basis with other groups within ITS and around campus to deliver the best service possible. We also serve as integration specialists since our identity management and directory services gather data from many source systems to provide a consolidated view for consuming systems supported by other campus developers.
